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Cite Them Right

At Lancaster you have access to Cite Them Right : the essential guide to referencing and plagiarism.

Cite Them Right covers the range of referencing styles which can be used including

Chicago, Harvard, OSCOLA, APA, IEEE, MLA, Vancouver and MHRA.

LinkedIn Learning

Staff and students at Lancaster University can now access more than 22,000 online courses as part of a new LinkedIn Learning subscription.

The content is freely available to all staff and students at the University’s Bailrigg, Ghana and Leipzig campuses.

The expert-led courses, which contain bite-sized videos, cover topics including leadership, wellbeing and personal development, as well as business, technical and creative skills.

You can explore collections of related courses or follow learning pathways that take you from beginner, through intermediate to advanced levels.

To find out more either scan the QR barcode or click Information about LinkedIn Learning

Subject Specific databases

Key databases to expand your research.

Business Source Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text articles in business magazines, scholarly journals and trade publications.
Coverage includes: accounting; banking; finance; health care management; international business; management; marketing; real estate; regional studies; sales; trade; and technology.
Also includes: author profiles; books & monographs; case studies; conference proceedings; country economic reports; company profiles; industry reports; interviews; market research reports; SWOT analysis; and working papers.
ProQuest One Business This link opens in a new window
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An intuitive and comprehensive business library containing millions of full-text items across scholarly and popular periodicals, newspapers, market research reports, dissertations, books, videos and more.
Emerald Insight This link opens in a new window
Subject coverage includes: Business Management & Strategy; Human Resources, Learning & Organzation; Marketing; Operations, Logisitics & Quality.
Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies Archive (2019-2021) This link opens in a new window
EEMCS specialises in case research from and about emerging markets and developing economies, regions which are traditionally underrepresented in teaching case collections but which offer unique and important insights.
The collection includes full-text access to cases published between 2019 and 2021.
Subject areas include:
Accounting and finance
Built environment
Entrepreneurship
Environmental management
International business
Human resources
Management science
Marketing
Operations and logistics
Public sector management
Strategy
Tourism and hospitality
Emerald Expert Briefings Archive (2015-2020) This link opens in a new window
Expert Briefings draw on insights into current events from a global network of more than 1500 academics, business leaders and former policymakers. These insights are reviewed by a team of regional and sectoral specialists, and distilled into accessible, impartial, actionable documents that help to guide strategy and decision-making.
The collection includes full-text access to content published between 2015 and 2020.
Henry Stewart Talks (Business & Management Collection) This link opens in a new window
Contains online video lectures and case studies, presented by over 850 experts from commerce, industry, the professions and academia. Until 23rd May 2020 access to 20 peer-reviewed journals in marketing, management, banking and finance are available on a trial basis.
Scopus This link opens in a new window
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An abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature in the fields of science, mathematics, engineering, technology, health and medicine, social sciences and arts & humanities.

All Business Databases

Databases are a good way of finding information on your topic as they index and provide access to lots of different types of material - journal articles, eBooks, newspapers, reports, etc.

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Sage Research Methods

SAGE Research Methods Online supports research at all levels by providing material to guide users through every step of the research process.

It comprises:

- 1000 books, reference works, journal articles by world-leading academics and bespoke tools such as the Methods Map and the Project Planner to navigate through specific methods or parts of the research process

- Case studies which provide invaluable classroom material to learn from real instances of data collection and hands-on data analysis practice

- SAGE Research Methods Video spanning two collections with a total of 185+ hours of video, with tutorials, expert interviews, documentaries, courses, and research methods recorded in action

You can find all you need to know on the Sage Research Methods Online LibGuide

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